Valve construction



July 13, 1948. a. H. MILLER VALVE conswnuc'nou Filed Oct. 5, 1943 1 I l l I mvsmbm BY Ben amin H Miller ATTORNEY Patented July 13 1948 VALVE CONSTRUCTION nemamin 11. Miller, Akron, Ohio. assianor to m Babcoolr & Wilcox Company, Rocklclgh, N, 3., a corporation or New Jersey Application ombus, 194:, Serial No. 504,994

6 Claims. (on. 2-11-19) the valve, under such high fluid pressures.

A iurther object oi the invention isto provide a valve construction which may be readily assembled-and easily disassembled for repair or maintenance without disconnecting the valve construction from its associated tubes.

The invention will be described-with reference to the accompanying drawings in which the preferred embodiment of the construction is shown.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is'a vertical section through a valve construction which controls the amount of superheated steam bypassing an attemperator;

.Fig. 2 is a vertical section on' the'line 22 of Fig. 1', showing the bypass valve construction on a plane at right angles to the plane 0! the Fig. 1

section; r a Fig. 3 is a detailed view showing'a part 01 the bypass valve construction in horizontal section, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and y Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section on the line -44 of Fig. 2.

The illustrative valve construction; includes a tubular body ill of heavy wall thickness so as to 2- maybe inserted or removed through this opening.

The flow or the high pressure fluid in the valve" body is divided by a diaphragm including the separately removable sections 30 to 83, inclusive. These sections are preferably held in their operative positions by a grooved guide strip It the cross section of which is shown in Fig. 4. This strip is oi U-shaped construction as indicated in Fig. 2 and is preferably secured to the interior wallsoi the valve body with its lower part (the sections 40 and ii) at an angle to its upper part, as indicated in Fig. 1 or the drawings.

The leithand' leg of the grooved strip It terminatesat the bottom the opening 28 (Fig. 2) in order that the diaphragm sections and the otherinternal valve parts can be removed or replaced through that opening. The side edges of the diaphragm sections are preferably provided with tongues such as the one shown at 88 in Fig. 4 seated in the groove of the strip 36 to hold the sections in'their operative positions and to per mit them to slide into such positions when the valve construction is being assembled.

The diaphr'agm sections 32 and 33 at their contacting edges adjacent the valve stem or shaft 40 are formed with appropriate notches so as to receive the shaft and to permit its operative tuming movements. The opposite ends of this valve shaft are journaied within bearings 42 and 44 I fitted into the side walls of the valve body Ill,

as clearly indicated in Fig. 1, and the end of the valve-shaft within the bearing 44 is so formed be capableot withstanding high fluid pressures.

This body may be a unitaryforging or it may be 01' welded construction. At its upper end it has a tubular inlet section I2 of reduced thickness where it is Joined to a conduit i3 by the circumferential weld l4. The conduit I3 may be a eam line for conducting high pressure superated steam to the valve construction. At the lower end of the valve body i0 there-is a tubular outlet section" it of reduced thickness, united by the weld i8 to the conduit 19 which may conduct the superheated steam to other apparatus, such.

as an attemperator.

The valve body iii also has a bypass branch 22 joined to the bypass conduit 23 by the weld 2B and the upper part of thevalve body is formed with a lateral tubular extension i4 (Fig. 2) to provide an opening 2! for the inspection, repair or replacement of the valve mechanism and the internal parts which are of such size that they that it has endwise interlocking engagement with a valve operating rod 46. 4

Within the bypass section of the valve body there is asubstantially semicircular valve member 52 non-rotatively mounted upon the valve shaft 40 for regulating the flow of fluid through the bypass 50 as the vaiveshaft is turned.' A similarly shaped valve member '54 is non-"rotat'ively mounted on that part of the valve shaft 40 which extends across the main channel 56 through the valve body. These valve members are mounted at right angles to each other, as

- shown, and each is provided with a polygonal opening for slidably receiving the correspondingly shaped portions of the valve shaft 40. Thus,

when the valve member 54 is moved through the opening 26 to the position at which it is indicated in Fig. l the shaft 40 might then he slidably moved through the bearing '44 and then through the polygonal opening in the valve member 54. This valve member is thus held in place until the remaining valve member 52 is moved its enlarged section 86.

3 into its operative position. The shaft 40 is then moved through the central opening in the valve member 62 until its leading end is disposed within the bearing 42 as indicated'in Fig. 1. Thereafter the upper diaphragm section 33 is moved through the opening. until its edge tongues align with the grooves in the upper portion of the strip 36. This diaphragm section is then dropped in place so that its lower edge contacts.

with the upper edge of section 32, the central recesses in these edges receiving the valve shaft as above indicated.

The upper diaphragm section 33 is further held against horizontal displacement, and the opening 26 is partially closed by the positioning of the member 60 in the opening, asindicated in Figs. 2 and 3. As shown in the latter figure this memher is provided with a rib 62 which is grooved as indicated at 64 to provide an extension of the channel in the righthand leg of the strip 36. The illustrative valve construction is normally upright as indicated in Fig. l of the drawings and therefore gravity maintains the upper diaphragm section 33 in place between the channels or grooves at the opposite sides of the valve bore. The enlarged flange section 66 01 the member 66 fits against the shoulder 68 of the lateral extension 24 and the member 60 is welded in this position asindicated at 10.

After the valve internals are assembled as above described, the access opening 26 is closed by a cap "I4 which is welded thereto, as indicated at 16.

The valve shaft 40 is retained in its operative position by its contact with the end of the valve rod 48, the latter being rotatively supported by a a bearing member 60 secured to the valve bodyv ID as indicated at 82 and 84. The valve rod 46 isnormally prevented from having endwise movement outwardly of the bearing member 80 by The outer end of the rod 46 is connected by linkage 90 to a rock-shaft l2 rotat-ively mounted in the bearings 94 and 96 which are fixed to extensions of the bearing member 80. This rock-shaft may be au omatically actuated by devices responsive to changes in the temperature or the fluid passing through the valve, or in response to other operative factors such as fluid flow. For example, the tubular inlet l3 for the illustrative valve construction is intended to receive superheated steam part of which passes through the conduit iii to an attemperator. The remainder ol' the superheated steam passes through the conduit 23 to a second superheater' section and then to a point 01' junction with the steam which has been cooled by passing through the attemperator. A thermal device responsive to the changes in temperature of the steam either at the outlet .of the first superheater section or at a position beyond the Junetion of the attemperated steam with the remainder of the steam. is eifective upon the shaft 82 of the illustrative valve construction to vary the positions of the valve members 52 and 54 in accordance with theideparture of the temperature of the superheated steam from a predetermined value. If, for example, the temperature of the superheated steam rises above the predetermined value at any particular time, the temperature responesive device will be operative upon the illustrative valve construction to move the valve member 64 to permit more steam to pass through the conduit i 9 and thence through the attemperator and less steam through the conduit 23 and thence to the secondary superheater. The converse operation will take place when the steam temperature at the temperature responsive device falls below the predetermined value.

Although the invention has been described with reference to the specific construction illustrated in the drawings it is to be appreciated that it is not limited to all of the details thereof. It is rather to be understood that the invention is to be taken as of a scope commensurate with the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. In a valve construction, a branched valve body. and a removable diaphragm construction including a plurality of sections normally fixed within the valve body and aligned from a position at one side of the branch to thereby continue the branch into the valve body, and a flow regulator operable in said valve body'and having a part extending into the diaphragm, said valve body being provided with a removable wall portion adjacent one of the diaphragm sections,- the removal of said wall portion providing a port which aiiords access for removal of said-diaphragm sections and the flow regulator.

2. In a valve assembly, an upright heavy wall tubular section constituting a valve body, said tubular section being provided with a lateral branch, a diaphragm construction including a plurality of removable sections normally aligned so as to continue the branch into the valve body, a valve shaft normally extending across the interior of the valve body and through said diaphragm, said valve shaft being rotatably and slidably mounted in the valve body. so as to be slidable into operative position from one side of the valve body, oppositely effective valve-members non-rotatively mounted on said valve shaft and positioned on opposite sides of the diaphragm, the value members extending in different directions from the value shaft. and means for operating said valve shaft, said valve body being provided with a lateral wall portion removable to present an opening through which all of the above indicated diaphragm sections and valve members may be removed or replaced.

3. In a valve construction, a branched valve body of heavy wall thickness and unitary'construction so as to withstand high fluid pressures, said valve body having within it a diaphragm construction separating it into branches and consisting of a plurality of removable sections, a valve sh'aft extending through said diaphragm construction and across the interior of the valve 'body, a valve member on one side of the diaof the said diaphragm construction and non-rotatively mounted on the valve shaft atan angle tothe first valve member so as to be oppositely elfective to said first valve member to control the fiow oi. fluid through the remaining part of the valve chamber, said valve body being provided with a lateral extension through which the diaphragm section and valve members can be removed or replaced, and means for sealing the opening in said lateral extension.

4. In a valve construction, a valve body, and a removable diaphragm construction extending across and longitudinally of the valve body and including a plurality of sections normally aligned to separate passages within said body, said valve body being provided with a lateral wall portion removable to present an opening to provide access for removal, of said diaphragm sections.

V 5. In a valve construction. a generallytubular .valve body constructed of thick walled sections,

permanently welded together, the valve body having inlet permanently connected into a fluid line, a valve member within the body, the valve body 'being constructed-to provide a normally coveredopen the' valve'body and constituting a continuation and outlet portions adapted to befluid flow path; andoppositely effective valve *meinbers secured to the shaft at different radial positions on opposite sides or the diaphragm and operable respectively across the branch and the or the branch into the valve body, a, valve shaft rotatably mounted within the valve body and extending transversely oi the branch and the main main nun flow paths, one of said valve members being operable to close the branch while the other valve member is opening the main fluid flow path, said valve body being also provided with a lateral extension adapted to present an access opening for removal or replacement or the diaphragm sections and the valve member.

BENJAMIN H. MI L-Em nnFEaE c s crran he following references are of record in the file of this patent; A

,IUNITED sTA ms PATENTS v Number Name Date 1,398,976 *Ryder Dec..6, 1921 7 2,052,313 Payne Aug. 25, 1936 2,133,091 Kerr'....- Oct, 25, 1938 2,363,943 Carlson 1--"- blov. 28, 1944 Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,444,942. July 13, 1948. BENJAMIN H. MILLER 7 i It is hereby certified that errors appear in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

7 Column 2, line 15, after the word bottom insert of; column3; line 69, for respimeswe read responsive; column 4, lines 38 and 39, claim 2, for value read m we and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the PatentOfiice.

Signed and sealed this 6th day of September, A. D. 1949.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant O'ommz'asioner of Patents. 

